relinquish

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To give up something such as a possession, right, or position.

   He refused to relinquish control of the family business.

2. 2
   verb

   To let go of something you are holding.

   She finally relinquished her grip on the rope.

Simplified etymology

Relinquish, recorded in late Middle English, comes ultimately from Latin relinquere “to forsake.” The same verb, combined with the intensifying prefix de-, produced derelinquere “to abandon,” the source of derelict.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti Proto-Italic *linkʷō Latin linquō Latin relinquō Old French relenquir Middle French relinquirbor. Middle English relinquisshen English relinquish From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).

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